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Author: Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
Installing Windows 10 Insider Preview 18317 New Features No ISO
Insider Preview Builds

Installing Windows 10 Insider Preview 18317 New Features No ISO

In case you are not familiar with the Insider Preview build of Windows, it is a great way to preview features and functionality that are coming in future releases of…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 17, 2019January 11, 2021
Boot ESXi Virtual Machine From Passthrough USB
Computers

Boot ESXi Virtual Machine From Passthrough USB

Recently, in playing around with the home lab environment, I had the need to boot a virtual machine from a USB thumbdrive that was attached to one of my ESXi…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 15, 2019January 11, 2021
Troubleshooting VMware vSphere Performance with Opvizor Performance Analyzer 5.0.2 New Release
VMware Monitoring

Troubleshooting VMware vSphere Performance with Opvizor Performance Analyzer 5.0.2 New Release

Troubleshooting performance of any system can be one of the most challenging tasks that administrators face on a daily basis. When it comes to virtualized environments, there is added complexity…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 14, 2019January 11, 2021
Cloud Computing Trends in 2019
Backup Software

Cloud Computing Trends in 2019

There is no question that interest in and investment by organizations today in the cloud is continuing with fierce momentum with no one expecting this to slow down anytime soon.…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 11, 2019January 11, 2021
Automate Network Changes in DR for Replicated VMs with NAKIVO
Backup Software

Automate Network Changes in DR for Replicated VMs with NAKIVO

There is certainly more to disaster recovery than simply backing up your data. Backups are the integral part of ensuring your data is safe. However, backups are only a small…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 10, 2019January 11, 2021
VMware NSX Layer 2 Bridge Configuration
NSX

VMware NSX Layer 2 Bridge Configuration

I have been playing around a lot with NSX in the home lab lately and decided to revisit the NSX Layer 2 Bridge functionality especially since now much of the…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 8, 2019January 11, 2021
Failed to add a vSphere Distributed Switch VMkernel adapter on ESXi Host
NSX

Failed to add a vSphere Distributed Switch VMkernel adapter on ESXi Host

In working with a distributed switch configuration applied to a 3-node nested vSAN cluster in the home lab, I had an issue with the initial installation of a particular vSphere…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 7, 2019January 11, 2021
Create VMware vSphere Distributed Switch VDS for NSX Data Center
NSX

Create VMware vSphere Distributed Switch VDS for NSX Data Center

In deploying a VMware NSX environment, one of the first things that you will want to do is create vSphere Distributed Switches for the hosts in the environment to use…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 4, 2019January 11, 2021
Office 2019 vs Office 365 Differences and Installation
Cloud Software

Office 2019 vs Office 365 Differences and Installation

There is no doubt that today’s software companies are moving to a “software-as-a-service” model instead of a perpetual licensing model for locally installed software. Microsoft is now delivering their Office…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 3, 2019May 1, 2024
Connect VMware Horizon 7.7 Connection Server to vCenter Server
Horizon View

Connect VMware Horizon 7.7 Connection Server to vCenter Server

As we have already covered, configuring the Horizon Connection Server and the Horizon Composer server (if using Linked Clones) are two of the first essential steps in configuring a VMware…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 2, 2019January 11, 2021

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